Manifolding device.



UNITED STATES HENRY ll. NORRINGTON, OF

Patented July 14, 1903.

WEST BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

MANIFOLDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 7 33,736, dated July 14, 1903.

Application filed October 3, 1902. Serial No. 125,789. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, HENRY I-I. NoRRINeToN, acitizen of the United States, residing at lVest Bay City, county of Bay, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Manifolding Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object a manifolding device; and it consists of the features of construction hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a modification of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the device shown in Fig. 1. on the line 4: 4:, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a View in section on the line 5 5, Fig. 4:, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 6 is a view in section on the line 6 6, Fig. 4, looking toward the bracket. Fig. 7 is a detail View of the removable carbon roller.

The carbon-sheet in my present invention is rigidly attached to the roller, so that in renewing the carbonsheet a new roller with the carbon-sheet attached is simply inserted into the brackets, means being provided for suitably holding the roller in place and permitting the carbon to be unrolled therefrom. Obviously the insertion of a carbon-sheet in a roller or the engagement thereof with the roller each time the carbon-sheet is to be renewed is an inconvenient matter, liable also to soil the hands and necessitating care and time in the transaction. One aim of my invention is to dispense with the necessity of engaging the carbon-sheet with the roller when the sheet is to be replaced, the carbonsheets being supplied to the user already mounted upon a roller.

In carrying out my invention, a denotes a base, and b a cover therefor, the cover being reversible to have either side uppermost when opened or closed, the cover being connected with the base by swinging arms 0, jointedly connected with the cover toward the longitudinal center thereof, as at d. A revolving shaft or roller is indicated at e, j ournaled in brackets g and h, supported upon Fig. 4 is a view in section the base, said roller provided with a carbonsheet of any desired length, mounted and rolled thereupon, the carbon-sheet being indicated at 2'. The carbon-sheet may be engaged upon the roller in any suitable manner. The bracket g to receive one end of the roller is recessed uponits upper surface, as at j, to receive the corresponding end of the roller. Over the bracket g is a hinged cover It, provided with a pin or stud Z to set down into an orifice m in the adjacent end of the roller to hold the roller in position. The opposite end of the roller is engaged in bracket h, which is constructed with an orifice n to receive the end of the roller. A screw 19 enters the end of manner a series of blanks or sheets q, over each of which the carbon-sheet may be drawn into position for making a carbon copy of any writing upon one of the blanks. Upon one surface of the cover is engaged, also in any suitable manner, a series of sheets or blanks of paper, (indicated at 0",) being readily detachable one from another, to be placed over the carbon-sheet i when drawn out over the upper sheet or blank of the series g. In this manner a copy of. the writing on the sheet '1 thus placed in position may readily be made upon one of the sheets q. The carbon copy may then be readily detached and another sheet 4' be placed over the carbon-paper for a subsequent carbon copy. My. present invention provides also a holding bar, (indicated at 8,) having its extremities engaged with the inner surfaces of the brackets g and h. I prefer that the engagement of the hold ing-bar with said brackets should be adjustable, and to this end the inner surfaces of the brackets are provided with sockets 15, into which the adjacent extremities of the holding-bar may be entered. This holding-bar will aid in keeping the carbon-sheet in proper position and at the same time it serves as a guide-bar in placing the sheets 1' in place for making the carbon copy. The holding-bar is preferably constructed to extend forward of the brackets, and it will readily drop into position by gravity.

As indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, the arms a on the cover at their outer extremities are engaged with the adjacent brackets g and h. In the form shown in Fig. 2, where the cover opens at the side of the base a, one of the arms 0 may be engaged with the corresponding bracket, the other arm being engaged with an ear or bracket t at the adjacent end of the base.

When it is desired to renew a carbon-sheet, the screw 1) is removed from the roller and the cover [6 is lifted, permitting the roller with its attached carbon sheet to be removed and another inserted in place. When a new roller has so been inserted, the cover is closed, engaging its pin Z in the orifice m of the roller and the screw 1) is engaged in the corresponding end of the roller. lVhen it is desired to unroll the carbon-sheet, the cover It is lifted, permitting the roller to be rotated by the head of the screw 19 or otherwise. The cover is then closed, holding the roller in given position. It will be obvious that in this manner the roller has a rotatable adj ustable connection with the base, the pin or stud of the cover It engaging in either end of the orifice in the roller.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a manifolding device a base, a revoluble roller upon which a carbon-sheet may be wound, and brackets carrying said roller, one of said brackets provided with a cover, said cover being provided with means to engage the roller and hold it in a given position of adjustment.

2. In amanifolding device a base, means to hold a series of sheets or blanks thereupon, a revoluble roller to carry a carbon-sheet; brackets at opposite ends of the shaft, said roller having an adjustable engagement in said brackets, and a cover constructed with a pin or spur to hold the roller in a given position of adjustment.

3. In a manifolding device a base to hold a series of sheets or blanks, a revoluble roller to carry a carbon-sheet, and brackets to carry said roller, said roller perforated at one end thereof and one of said brackets provided with a cover having a pin to enter the perforation of the roller.

4. In a manifolding device a base to hold a series of sheets or blanks, a revoluble carbon roller, brackets mounted upon the base to carry said roller, a reversible cover to fold either side uppermost when opened or closed to carry a series of sheets or blanks, and an additional bracket on the side of the base adjacent to the cover, said cover having a hinged engagement with the adjacent brackets.

5. In amanifolding device a base to hold a series of sheets or blanks, a revoluble roller to carry a carbon-sheet, and brackets to carry said roller, one of said brackets provided with a cover to close down over the adjacent end of the roller, said cover and roller provided with means to lock the roller in a given position.

6. In a manifolding device a base to hold a series of sheets or blanks, brackets supported upon said base, and a revoluble roller to carry a carbon-sheet journaled in said brackets, one of said brackets provided with a cover to close down over the adjacent end of the rolls, said cover provided with means to lock the roller in a given position.

7. In a manifolding device a base to hold a series of sheets or blanks, a revoluble roller to carry a carbon-sheet, brackets to carry said roller, and a holding -bar extending transverselyof the base, and having an adjustable engagement at both ends thereof with said brackets.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY I-I. NORRINGTON. \Vitnesses N. S. WRIGHT, M. M. STRUBLE. 

